Gov Sullivan Chime Bundles Wife Clara Out Of Government House!

The drama over the detention of Mrs. Clara Chime, wife of the Enugu State
Governor, Sullivan Chime, entered another chapter Sunday when the governor, with
the assistance of security operatives, sent her packing from the Enugu Government
House.
According to Thisday, Mrs. Chime’s personal effects were packed for her by the
governor and his security detail, and she was forcibly taken out of the Government
House to her mother’s residence at House 38, Coal City Estate, Enugu.
Mrs. Chime, who struggled to depart with her four-year-old son, was bundled into
a convoy of six cars and taken to her mother’s home.
However, on getting there, the mother who had not been notified that her daughter
was being brought home, was not at home which forced Mrs. Chime and the
security operatives to sit in their cars waiting for her mother to return.
After waiting for close to two hours, the governor, who was obviously embarrassed
that news of his wife’s eviction had leaked and was attracting journalists who
rushed to the mother’s estate, ordered that Mrs. Chime be brought back to the
Government House.
However, as early as 8am, yesterday, Mrs. Chime was again driven to the estate
and handed over to her mother who was said to have wept profusely on sighting
her daughter.
A young man who claimed to be living at the Boys Quarters in the compound
confirmed that the governor’s wife was actually brought back to the house in the
morning.
“Since morning, they have been having series of meetings. Just a while ago, the
governor’s wife left the house; she is expected back soon. you can wait if you wish
but I will advice that you call her on phone,” the fair-complexioned young man
who refused to give his name said.
Efforts by Vanguard to speak with Mrs Chime last night proved abortive as she told
newsmen that she was not ready to speak for now.
THISDAY learnt that the governor took the decision to drive away his wife because
she had petitioned the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) over her
confinement in the Government House against her wish.
Mrs. Chime, who had admitted suffering from a nervous breakdown over what she
alleged was as a result of her husband’s maltreatment of her, was however
projected by the governor last week as someone who is mentally unstable requiring
the administration of drugs by a doctor she does not trust and her confinement in
her bedroom.
Meanwhile, the NHRC yesterday said it had not conducted any medical
investigation to determine the mental health of Mrs. Chime.